{"id":57679,"date":"2024-11-06T22:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T21:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57679"},"modified":"2024-11-12T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T21:13:20","slug":"spanish-helicopters-lobo-and-chinook-in-action-in-the-area-of-the-cold-drop-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/06\/spanish-helicopters-lobo-and-chinook-in-action-in-the-area-of-the-cold-drop-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish helicopters Lobo and Chinook in action in the area of \u200b\u200bthe cold drop disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deployment of the Spanish Armed Forces in the area affected by the cold snap of October 29 includes a contingent of helicopters.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/03\/the-special-military-vehicles-sent-to-the-sites-of-the-cold-drop-disaster-in-spain\/\">The special military vehicles sent to the sites of the cold drop disaster in Spain<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/02\/the-help-from-spanish-soldiers-civil-guards-and-policemen-to-those-affected-by-the-cold-drop\/\">The help from Spanish soldiers, civil guards and policemen to those affected by the cold drop<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The Armed Forces have deployed the following helicopters in the Valencia area:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Army Airmobile Force (FAMET):<\/strong> 3 CH-47F Chinook, 3 AS-532 Cougar and Super Puma, 2 H135 and 1 NH-90 Sarrio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Navy Aircraft Flotilla (FLOAN):<\/strong> 2 SH-60F Seahawk from the 5th Squadron.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Air Force:<\/strong> 2 NH-90 Wolf from 48th Wing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54121708558_98a3d23fa8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A CH-47F Chinook of the Army's BHELTRA V, the HT.17-33A, loading material donated by C\u00e1ritas Castrense at the \"Coronel Mat\u00e9\" Base in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid) to transport it to Valencia (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CCastrense\/status\/1852687006142222561\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">C\u00e1ritas Castrense<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>In addition to these aircraft, there are the H135 helicopters of the <strong>Air Service of the Civil Guard<\/strong> and the <strong>Air Unit of the National Police Corps<\/strong>. Today we are going to see the tasks of two specific models of helicopters that are part of this deployment. First, we see <strong>the NH-90 Lobo sent by 48th Wing, based in Cuatro Vientos (Madrid)<\/strong>, which is assigned support, logistics transport and rescue missions in the affected area. <strong>The Air Force has published a video today in which we can see these helicopters in action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nuestros aviadores de, por y para los afectados por la DANA en Valencia\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6LUQo9kgiCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, <strong>the Army has published today a video showing the work of its CH-47Fs lifting cars that were swept away by the flood<\/strong> to isolated areas that are difficult to access for military vehicles. <strong>These helicopters are part of the Helicopter Transport Battalion V (BHELTRA V)<\/strong>, based in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El trabajo de las tripulaciones de los <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/helic%C3%B3pteros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#helic\u00f3pteros<\/a> de las Fuerzas Aerom\u00f3viles del <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ej%C3%A9rcitodeTierra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ej\u00e9rcitodeTierra<\/a> sigue siendo fundamental en los esfuerzos de recuperaci\u00f3n.<br \/>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f Un Chinook de las <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FAMET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FAMET<\/a> ha sido el \u00fanico medio capaz de trasladar veh\u00edculos desde el cauce del r\u00edo, donde las gr\u00faas\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vi3Q4X2cc0\">pic.twitter.com\/vi3Q4X2cc0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ej\u00e9rcito de Tierra \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 (@EjercitoTierra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EjercitoTierra\/status\/1854178295954170204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In addition to these types of tasks, <strong>BHELTRA V's CH-47F Chinooks are also being used for logistics work.<\/strong> On November 1, the Ministry of Defense published this video of one of these heavy helicopters <strong>transporting water, food rations and clothing<\/strong> donated by Caritas to the affected area:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Dos helic\u00f3pteros CH-47 Chinook <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FAMET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FAMET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EjercitoTierra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EjercitoTierra<\/a> han despegado desde su base en Colmenar Viejo, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Madrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Madrid<\/a>, rumbo a Valencia con provisiones para los afectados por la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DANA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DANA<\/a>: agua, raciones de alimentos y ropa donada por C\u00e1ritas Colmenar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H38c9W1iEr\">pic.twitter.com\/H38c9W1iEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministerio Defensa (@Defensagob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defensagob\/status\/1852390087541018676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>These helicopters have also been used <strong>to transport personnel and to bring 41 search dogs<\/strong> belonging to different military canine units to the area, as we can see in this video published by the Ministry of Defense on November 4:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Nuestros compa\u00f1eros de cuatro patas, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Turco<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thor<\/a> de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMEgob?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UMEgob<\/a>, se unen al despliegue de 41 perros \ud83d\udc15\u200d\ud83e\uddba en labores de b\u00fasqueda. Helic\u00f3pteros de las <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FAMET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FAMET<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EjercitoTierra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EjercitoTierra<\/a> colaboran en el traslado de refuerzos para apoyar la recuperaci\u00f3n de las zonas afectadas por la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DANA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DANA<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2rYE3n0gud\">pic.twitter.com\/2rYE3n0gud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministerio Defensa (@Defensagob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Defensagob\/status\/1853456247317512549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots of these videos here. Here we see <strong>one of the NH-90TTH Lobo of the 48th Wing of the Spanish Air Force<\/strong> at its base in Cuatro Vientos, at the beginning of the deployment. This helicopter is equipped with two rescue cranes next to the hatch on its starboard side for rescue missions:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54121894940_453e45f416_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) unloading supplies from one of the NH-90s<\/strong> of Wing 48 in the area affected by the cold snap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54121894935_b0792537c2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The cockpit interior of an NH-90 Lobo<\/strong> on a low-light flight. The ability of these helicopters to make night flights is very important on a mission like this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54120764162_828e9302e1_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A forklift loading material onto a BHELTRA V CH-47F<\/strong> at the \"Coronel Mat\u00e9\" Base in Colmenar Viejo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54120588872_f25f03b3fe_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A picture showing the inside of a CH-47 with material loaded for delivery to the affected area.<\/strong> This helicopter can carry up to 10,886 kilograms of cargo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54121775119_091bd6b350_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The lower hatch of a CH-47F during the lifting of a car.<\/strong> These helicopters have a triple-hook system on their underside that allows them to carry external loads too bulky to be carried inside the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54121438726_904a4966a7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deployment of the Spanish Armed Forces in the area affected by the cold snap of October 29 includes a contingent of helicopters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11550],"tags":[3928,1052,1047,22967,1048,8245,11875,10557,1927,11862],"class_list":["post-57679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-defense","tag-ala-48","tag-bheltra-v","tag-boeing-ch-47-chinook","tag-cold-drop-disaster-in-spain-in-october-2024","tag-famet","tag-nhindustries-nh90","tag-spanish-air-force","tag-spanish-army","tag-valencia","tag-valencian-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}